Veterans Day holiday
In observance of the Nov. 11 Veterans Day holiday, NAU will be closed on Monday, Nov. 12. Next week's issue of Inside NAU will be published on Thursday.

Shopping for a Santa cause
Stuff your family's stockings with handmade arts and crafts from the annual Mountain Campus Holiday Arts & Crafts Fair on Nov. 16 and 17 at the NAU Field House.

Welcome new hires
Northern Arizona University welcomed 32 new employees in October.

Countdown to the holidays:
Reader recipes
This week, spinach dip, chocolate bourbon pecan pie and a retro cranberry Jell-O mold are on the menu.

SPOTLIGHT: Kudos to NAU faculty, staff and students for these recent accomplishments:

• Pam Stephens, assistant professor in the School of Art
• Cecilia Ojeda, associate professor of Spanish and chair of Modern Languages
• Kay Pitt, senior lecturer in accounting
• Jewelry/metalsmithing students Patrick McGowan, Kim Gehle-Romberger, Emy Lewis, Stephanie Preciado, Tom Yazzie, Linda Fitchett-Hewitt, J. Star Yardley and Ivan Jimenez
• Mary I. Dereshiwsky, associate professor of educational leadership

Flexible spending enrollment runs
through Nov. 30
Save money by making pre-tax contributions to Flexible Spending Accounts for medical and/or dependent care. Current participants must re-enroll.

Don't lose vacation time
NAU employees should check their vacation accrual balances, as vacation time accrued over the maximum will not transfer into the next calendar year.

Geography Awareness Week embraces
Asian theme
Geography Awareness Week flows from Nov. 13 to 16 with a number of scheduled events.

NAU Theater gathers for an Irish tale
The Cripple of Inishmaan, a strange comic tale told in the great tradition of Irish storytelling, begins Nov. 9.

Men's marathon trials: In Flagstaff, all roads lead to Jack Daniels
Runner's World magazine, 10/29/2007

NAU's North Valley campus lures serious students
Arizona Republic, 11/1/2007

VIDEO: NAU student discusses work with Boys & Girls Clubs
Think.MTV.com, 11/7/2007